What I believe is happening is the same thing that happened with Beauty and the Beast. It will have a Platinum Edition banner at the top and a "2-Disc Special Edition" subtitle underneath "The Lion King." The only difference is the addition of "2-Disc."

In addition to what I said earlier about this addition, "2-Disc" seems to catch peoples eyes more, especially collectors, like my cousin, who's not a big Disney fan, but a HUGE DVD collector who was wondering when TLK was making it's DVD debut.

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It just doesn't make a whole lot of sense for something to be labeled "Platinum Edition" AND "2-Disc Special Edition" - maybe it's just part of their plan to phase out the "Platinum" name. Which is just silly.

Disney has always managed to apply an incredible factor of unnecessary confusion to their DVD releases, I dont understand why? If they are phasing out their Platinum collection, which is fine as long as the content remains and is distunguished under one continual title, than they should announce it publicly! It would do more harm to have consumers continuously questioning the title of the product they are contemplating purchasing...

It just doesn't make a whole lot of sense for something to be labeled "Platinum Edition" AND "2-Disc Special Edition" - maybe it's just part of their plan to phase out the "Platinum" name. Which is just silly.

I suppose in the end though it doesn't really matter.
If we are getting pretty much the same content (as with the now deceased Vault Disney becoming the 2-disc SEs), I honestly could not care less.
However, if they phase them out to the extent that they will be one disc sets (like the Sep 2 SEs, which are still pretty good!) then I might start questioning the covers...
Until then, as the ugly say, it's what is INSIDE that counts

If they wanted to highlight its a 2 disc set haven't they used stickers in the past? Also I think "2 disc Platinum Edition" sounds better than "2 disc Special Edition". It's only supposed to be a "special edition" due to the altered film

"2 Disc Special Edition" sounds silly in this context. It just doesn't make sense. The only conclusion is they see the release as being "special" due to the number of supplements... but that's what "Platinum" means...

Aaaaaggggggggggggggghhhhhhhh!

I think they are phasing out Platinum Edition as a brand name. And Luke I don't think it is silly. It was probably having a Platinum Collection brand in the first place. Let's face it, Platinum Edition means nothing to the average guy on the street. "Special Edition" is universally used by DVD studios and thus catches these customers eyes. Disney has to pay more in advertising to get across what a Platinum title means, when Special Edition does the same for nothing.

Slightly off topic - I like the cover art but feel that it's a bit lacking. There's just this big blank space in the left corner - they could probably and should have put another couple characters in there, possibly Murassa's ghost watching over Simba, or a big Nala affectionately looking at the big Simba, or the hyenas next to Scar. Thoughts? I've heard complaints that one of these characters should be there in place of Zazu, but something tells me they're puting him on the cover due to his "starring" in the new Morning Report song sequence.

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